English proficiency

All students must meet Queen Mary's English language requirements.

For students from outside the United Kingdom, you must provide evidence of your English language ability by producing a UKVI IELTS certificate with a minimum 5.0 in all sections (when booking the test please ask for a UKVI IELTS Academic Test). The UKVI IELTS test will be taken under UKVI approved conditions and your IELTS result certificate will include a UKVI Number to reflect this. You can find the location of UKVI approved centres in your country in the following document.

Students that have yet to take an English proficiency test may still apply for the Foundation Programme and will be made a conditional offer subject to providing their UKVI IELTS certificate which meets the minimum requirement.

Students who intend to apply for undergraduate degrees at high ranking universities, or for degrees which have a high number of applicants such as Biomedical Sciences, are advised to achieve an English proficiency score of IELTS 6.0 with 6.0 in writing (or equivalent) before starting the International SEFP.

Applying

For information on the application process visit our 'How to apply' page. All applicants must have turned 17 by 31 August of the year of study.